The health and social care bill represents the biggest reorganisation of the NHS in England since it was created in 1948. Some argue the reforms are much needed. Critics say they will be a disaster. Here a hundred people who work in or with the NHS tell the Guardian what the changes mean for them.

15 March

The Daily Telegraph reported that "Complex" restrictions on the Government's scheme to support the millions of workers who will be automatically placed into workplace pensions must be removed to ensure its success, MPs have warned.

More than 30,000 NHS workers and 71,000 in education were among more than a quarter of a million public sector staff who lost their jobs in 2011 as the government's austerity measures started to bite, reported the Guardian.

A senior Goldman Sachs executive has blasted what he calls a "toxic" and "destructive" culture at the global investment bank that is increasingly focused on making money rather than representing the interests of clients in an open resignation letter, reported the Daily Mirror.

Senior GPs are spending as little as one day a week seeing patients because they are too busy setting up new organisations as part of the coalition's health reforms, official NHS records reveal, reported the Guardian.

12 March

In an extract from the book 'Public Service on the Brink', published on the openDemocracy website, which describes the denigration and undermining of public services and the public service ethos in the UK. PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka explained how the department has changed even more violently since his 21 years in the DHSS.

11 March

David Cameron’s promise of a “private sector-led” economic recovery was undermined with figures showing that public sector job losses are not being matched by new work in private firms, reported the Independent.

The Department for Work and Pensions has ordered an independent audit of all of its contracts with troubled welfare to work provider A4e warning it “would not hesitate to immediately terminate our commercial relationship” if it uncovered wrongdoing, reported the Financial Times.